Dexter VanAllsburg Miss Fedewa/Mrs.Wallace ELA 6 Hour 26 March 2024 Our Dependence on Technology All around us people are using technology. However, we aren’t aware of the effects when we get too dependent on it. We can get aggressive, desperate, and lose our ability to perform vital functions. Bradbury's story “The Veldt” is about two siblings, Peter and Wendy, and they have an advanced happylife home that automates most of their life. When their parents George and Lydia take away their technology, Peter and Wendy aren’t pleased and react to this because they depend on their machines. Bradbury’s story “The Veldt” uses Description, Dialogue, and Conflict to show how we can get too dependent on technology. First, a description is used to show
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When George went up to make food, the kitchen started making it for him, then grabbed the tomato sauce when he requested it, requiring zero effort. “So George Hadley, deep in thought, sat watching the dining-room table produce warm dishes of food from the machines inside.” “We forgot the tomato sauce,” he said, “Sorry, said a small voice within the table and tomato sauce appeared” (Bradbury 4). This shows that kitchen technology is used to automate skills we don’t have to learn anymore. If George had to make food by himself, he wouldn’t be able to because he didn’t learn that ability, making him dependent on the machine. Second, dialogue shows how people respond without technology. When George talked to Peter about turning the nursery off, Peter unexpectedly threatened his father. “I wouldn’t want the nursery locked up, I don’t think you better consider it anymore father” (Bradbury 9). This proves that when people depend on other people for technology, they can get aggressive and desperate for it if they no longer have access to it. Additionally, when Lydia punished Peter and Wendy for locking the nursery for a few hours, again he and her had a …show more content…
“A moment later, they heard the screams. Two screams. Two people were screaming from downstairs. And then a roar of lions. “Wendy and Peter aren’t in their rooms” No, they’ve broken into the nursery” (Bradbury 8) This example demonstrates that Peter and Wendy couldn’t help their urge to go back into the nursery therefore breaking in because they needed it so badly as they depended on it. Also, when George was talking to Peter about turning the house's machine off, Peter wished his dad was dead and hated him. “Don’t let him do it” “Don’t let Father kill everything.” “Oh, I hate you!” (Bradbury 12) When Peter's dad was going to turn off the house, he used verbal force yelling and begging at his dad to not turn the house off, and then wishing his own father dead and then saying he hates him. This drastic measure, Peter took, reinforces the fact that when people depend too much on something, they will use force to get it back. To summarize, when people get their technology taken away from them, they can act irrationally and become too dependent on it. Ray Bradbury’s story uses description, dialogue, and conflict to prove that people can get too dependent on
When George went up to make food, the kitchen started making it for him, then grabbed the tomato sauce when he requested it, requiring zero effort. “So George Hadley, deep in thought, sat watching the dining-room table produce warm dishes of food from the machines inside.” “We forgot the tomato sauce,” he said, “Sorry, said a small voice within the table and tomato sauce appeared” (Bradbury 4). This shows that kitchen technology is used to automate skills we don’t have to learn anymore. If George had to make food by himself, he wouldn’t be able to because he didn’t learn that ability, making him dependent on the machine. Second, dialogue shows how people respond without technology. When George talked to Peter about turning the nursery off, Peter unexpectedly threatened his father. “I wouldn’t want the nursery locked up, I don’t think you better consider it anymore father” (Bradbury 9). This proves that when people depend on other people for technology, they can get aggressive and desperate for it if they no longer have access to it. Additionally, when Lydia punished Peter and Wendy for locking the nursery for a few hours, again he and her had a …show more content…
“A moment later, they heard the screams. Two screams. Two people were screaming from downstairs. And then a roar of lions. “Wendy and Peter aren’t in their rooms” No, they’ve broken into the nursery” (Bradbury 8) This example demonstrates that Peter and Wendy couldn’t help their urge to go back into the nursery therefore breaking in because they needed it so badly as they depended on it. Also, when George was talking to Peter about turning the house's machine off, Peter wished his dad was dead and hated him. “Don’t let him do it” “Don’t let Father kill everything.” “Oh, I hate you!” (Bradbury 12) When Peter's dad was going to turn off the house, he used verbal force yelling and begging at his dad to not turn the house off, and then wishing his own father dead and then saying he hates him. This drastic measure, Peter took, reinforces the fact that when people depend too much on something, they will use force to get it back. To summarize, when people get their technology taken away from them, they can act irrationally and become too dependent on it. Ray Bradbury’s story uses description, dialogue, and conflict to prove that people can get too dependent on